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Office of Communications and Public Affairs

The Office of Communications and Public Affairs represents the National Endowment for the Humanities in communications with the media and members of the public. Its mission is to disseminate information about NEH grant programs and products and to promote the importance of the humanities our country’s cultural advancement and in enriching the lives of its citizens.

The Office of Communications and Public Affairs publishes news releases and other information, works with the news media to keep them informed of the work of the agency and its grantees, manages the agency’s website and social media, and publishes announcements of NEH grants. The office also responds to media requests, arranges interviews with NEH staff, and coordinates major NEH public events, including the National Humanities Medals and the annual Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities.

To reach NEH’s Office of Communications and Public Affairs, please contact:

telephone: 202-606-8446
email: info@neh.gov

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NEH Bookshelf at Georgia Southern University

NEH Bridging Cultures: Muslim Journeys Bookshelves arrive in 800 libraries

The Muslim Journeys Bookshelf, a set of twenty-five books and three films about Muslim cultures and history, arrived in 800 libraries across the United States last month, serving as the centerpiece for discussion...

C. Brian Rose, University of Pennsylvania archaeologist

Bridging Cultures Through Archaeology: Exploring Ancient Turkey

Six thousand years before ancient people erected the Stonehenge ring of giant pillars in England, their distant ancestors built twenty circles of similar megaliths on a hill in Eastern Turkey.

American Experience: The Presidents (PBS film collection)

Award-Winning Stories of the Presidents, Online

To understand the American past, consider the American presidents.

photo: Carole Watson, Jim Leach, Tony Mitchell of NEH, 2012 Best Places to Work

National Endowment for the Humanities Named a Best Place to Work

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) was today named among the top federal agencies to work for based on a government-wide survey of job satisfaction and commitment among federal employees.

Charles Rosen

Remembering Charles Rosen

NEH mourns the passing of renowned music critic and pianist Charles Rosen on December 9, 2012.

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May 29, 2013  to  July 12, 2013

Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible

Traveling exhibit on the dramatic history of the King James Bible, what we know about the scholars who translated it, and how it has continued to influence literature, culture, and society for over 400 years.

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May 24, 2013

From the Blue Ridge to the Rocky Mountains: Thomas Wolfe and the American West

Public lecture on one of America’s most renowned writers of the early twentieth century

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May 19, 2013  to  October 27, 2013

Free & Safe: The Underground Railroad in Vermont

A new exhibit at Rokeby Museum, a National Historic Landmark and Underground Railroad site, traces the journey of two fugitive slaves from slavery to freedom.

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May 17, 2013

Patent Pending: A History of Intellectual Property

BackStory Radio examines the history of intellectual property in America

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May 14, 2013

CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal

Does the Constitution have what it takes to keep up with modern America? Join Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! as he hits the road to find out. Traveling across the country by motorcycle, Sagal is in search of where the U.S. Constitution lives, how it works and how it doesn’t… how it unites us as a nation and how it has nearly torn us apart.

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